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Beyonce has sampled a Major Lazer track on her new single

  • April 11, 2011
  • Brad O'Mance

'Girl', the first single from Beyoncé's forth­com­ing album, is built around a sample of Major Lazer's 'Pon De Floor'.

Producer Diplo, who's one half of Major Lazer alongside Switch, had already tweeted that he and Switch were "in the studio in NYC trying to make tracks with Beyonce last week".

Perhaps even more exciting though is the fact that the video will be directed by Francis Lawrence, who was behind Lady Gaga's 'Bad Romance' video.

Beyoncé's video is rumoured to contain one hundred female dancers, which makes 'Single Ladies' look rather small-scale in comparison.

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